Tins of Man Food (lighthearted)

I wish Witzend I am married to a man who when questioned “what would you like for dinner”? replies “anything” I then make suggestion after suggestion all met with a screwed up face.... until finally he hears something he fancies. So bloody annoying.

H is very easy going. He will eat anything I put in front of him for dinner. Breakfast he sorts himself, lunch is a sandwich or roll.
For the past six months or so we (DH, DS and I) have made a menu plan each Friday which consists of about 10 meals of choice, with occasionally something different thrown in. Makes shopping cheaper and cooking easier.

I have always planned meals a week in advance, even though some have to be re-arranged at short notice.

DH and I have always liked trying new foods, new recipes, new flavours. If either of us doesn't enjoy a new dish then the recipe gets chucked . If we both enjoy it, it gets added to my recipe list. Meal planning is easy because I am only ever choosing from recipes we know we both like.

On his own he varies in what he cooks or prepares for himself, tending to see what is available in-house and supplementing it from the local Co-op. Although going for a curry is an easy option if I am away.

I'll eat the same food for days on end till I get fed up and then move on to something else. I cooked a recipe that I used to use many years ago the other day only to remember my ex [note the word 'ex']; when I gave it to him, pushing the plate away saying 'I can't eat THIS'. This is from a man who, the other year lived on tins of Irish stew for months because it was easy to cook.

I used to leave tempting (I thought) single portions of things for Paw when he had to fend for himself.
He invariably either opted for a big bowl of spaghetti or a “fry up”
Sigh.

I have stopped asking what he would like to eat, and I am yet to find a recipe for the "anything" that is his stock answer. I put it in front of him - he eats it. As long as it is not fish, or chicken casserole! Which happens to be my favourites!

Yes, I have that problem with macaroni cheese. I love it. DH hates it. However he is out tomorrow, so you know what I will have for lunch!

My dh has very interesting tastes and I have to find something different every day which is tedious but I try and what can be a favourite one day is not the next so I am constantly inventing stuff that appeals but he never complains bless him

The OP made me laugh out loud. My husband is pretty much the same as yours.

're fussy eaters - I told my family a long time ago that they eat when I'm hungry and what I fancy (what I cook) - or else. Or else they're on their own! So far I've had no complaints.

My ex wouldn't eat anything with: cooked tomatoes; cooked cheese; any vegetables that weren't green (although he would not eat broccoli); any fish except tinned tuna; anything sweet, including sweet and sour; any offal, any eggs no matter how they were cooked and no lamb of any kind. Other than that, he said he'd eat anything. Thank heavens I don't have that to contend with anymore.

My dad had a grocery shop and one of the best selling items was a tin of Irish Stew, beef and veg in one tin. Often bought with a tin of potatoes.

I worked as a P.A. for a very highly paid Chief Executive in an building where we had a fabulous canteen, and every day he ate a tin of Heinz tomato soup for lunch followed by a tin of rice pudding

Grampy can cook perfectly well with a wide range of dishes.

Left to his own devices he'd eat shepherds pie everyday for every meal !!

I think you're looking for this!

gillybob I read your post to DH and he just sat and nodded!